![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Witchcraft Farther Display'd - Francis Bragge. London, Printed for E. Curll, 1712.
Jane Wenham was the last person prosecuted for witchcraft in England. She quarreled with her neighbors and then unwisely brought suit against the one who had called her "a witch and a bitch." Things went from bad to worse and she found herself charged, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. The judge obtained a reprieve, and then a pardon from the Queen. The case was a nexus of dispute â about the reality of witchcraft â and there was an outpouring of pamphlets, some of which described her crimes...
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| The Impossibility of Witchcraft... - unknown. publication info: London: Printed and sold by J. Baker, 1712
Jane Wenham was the last person prosecuted for witchcraft in England. She quarreled with her neighbors and then unwisely brought suit against the one who had called her "a witch and a bitch." Things went from bad to worse and she found herself charged, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. The judge obtained a reprieve, and then a pardon from the Queen. The case was a nexus of dispute â about the reality of witchcraft â and there was an outpouring of pamphlets, some of which described her crimes...
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| A Full and Impartial Account of the Discovery of Sorcery and Witchcraft, Practis'd by Jane Wenham... - Francis Bragge. London: Printed for E. Curll, 1712.
ane Wenham was the last person prosecuted for witchcraft in England. She quarreled with her neighbors and then unwisely brought suit against the one who had called her "a witch and a bitch." Things went from bad to worse and she found herself charged, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. The judge obtained a reprieve, and then a pardon from the Queen. The case was a nexus of dispute â about the reality of witchcraft â and there was an outpouring of pamphlets, some of which described her crimes ...
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| A Full Confutation of Witchcraft⦠- unknown. publication info: London : Printed for J. Baker, 1712
Jane Wenham was the last person prosecuted for witchcraft in England. She quarreled with her neighbors and then unwisely brought suit against the one who had called her "a witch and a bitch." Things went from bad to worse and she found herself charged, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. The judge obtained a reprieve, and then a pardon from the Queen. The case was a nexus of dispute â about the reality of witchcraft â and there was an outpouring of pamphlets, some of which described her crimes...
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| The Trial of Margaret Tindal, Alias Shuttleworth, for the Murder of her Husband, Henry Shuttleworth, Vintner, Montrose, at Perth, on the 19th day of September, 1821 - author unknown. Publication info - Montrose: John Smith, 1821
Mrs. Shuttleworth was convicted for beating her husband to death while she was intoxicated.
Keywords: murder; trials; alcoholism
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